OSHA Inspection: GROSSO CONCRETE, LLC

Issued

2020-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4453.00 · Current $3340.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(1): Adequate protection was not provided to protect employees from loose rock or soil that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling from an excavation face.  Such protection did not consist of scaling to remove loose material; installation of protective barricades at intervals as necessary on the face to stop and contain falling material; or other means that provide equivalent protection:      a) 1300 S. 24th Street, Philadelphia, PA - Employees working in an excavation approximately 61 feet long, 28 feet wide and 12 feet deep were exposed to struck-by hazards from loose rock and soil in that the employer failed to scale the wall of the excavation or install barriers to protect the employees from the falling or rolling debris. This condition was observed on or about August 30, 2019.

Issued

2020-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8906.00 · Current $6680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) or (c):     a) 1300 S. 1300 Street, Philadelphia, PA - Employees were exposed to cave-in hazards in that the employer allowed the employees to work in an excavation approximately 62 feet long, 28 feet wide and 12 feet deep without using a protective system to protect the employees. The employer did not meet the elements for proper benching, option (2), for the excavation. This condition was observed on or about August 30, 2019    The Grosso Concrete, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1378847, citation number 01, item number 002a, and was affirmed as a final order on August 13, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at Dickenson St. and 25th St, Philadelphia, PA.